Pro 28:12, Dan 1:17, 2:17, 3:12-30 | ESV | STEP | When the righteous triumph , there is great glory , but when the wicked rise , people hide themselves .

17 As for these four youths, ^cGod gave them learning and ^dskill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had ^eunderstanding in all visions and dreams.

Daniel 2:17

God Reveals Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

17 Then Daniel went to his house and made the matter known to ^fHananiah, ^gMishael, and ^hAzariah, his companions,

Daniel 3:12-30

12 There are certain Jews whom you have ⁱappointed over the affairs of ^jthe province of Babylon: ^kShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, ^lpay no attention to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

13 Then Nebuchadnezzar ^min furious rage commanded that ⁿShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. So they brought these men before the king. 14 Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image that I have set up? 15 Now if you are ready when ^oyou hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well and good. ^{▼▼Aramaic lacks well and good} But if you do not worship, ^qyou shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace. And ^rwho is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?”

16 ^sShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If this be so, ^tour God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. ^{▼▼Or If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us, he will deliver us from the burning fiery furnace and out of your hand, O king.} 18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was ^vfilled with fury, and the expression of his face ^wwas changed against ^xShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated. 20 And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army ^yto bind ^zShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were ^aabound in their cloaks, their tunics, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Aramaic words rendered cloaks and tunics is uncertain; also verse 27} their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace. 22 Because the king’s order was ^acurgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up ^adShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell ^aebound into the burning fiery furnace.

24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was ^afastonished and rose up ^agin haste. He declared to his ^ahcounselors, “Did we not cast three men ^aibound into the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” 25 He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, ^ajwalking in the midst of the fire, and they ^akare not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like ^ala son of the gods.”

26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace; he declared, ^am“Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the ^anMost High God, come out, and come here!” Then ^aoShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire. 27 And the ^apsatraps, the prefects, the governors, and ^aqthe king’s counselors gathered together and saw that ^arthe fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men. The hair of their heads was not singed, their ^ascloaks were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them. 28 Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of ^atShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who ^auhas sent his angel and ^avdelivered his servants, who ^awtrusted in him, and set aside ^{▼▼Aramaic and changed} the king’s command, and yielded up their bodies rather than ^ayserve and worship any god except their own God. 29 Therefore ^azI make a decree: Any ^bapeople, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of ^bbShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego ^bcshall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.” 30 Then the king promoted ^bdShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in ^bethe province of Babylon.